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Abridged Chapter 13: Andrew Jackson and the Rise of Mass Democracy (1824-1840)

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Directions: Please read the following excerpts from your textbook and Steve Inskeep's articles, "Donald Trump and the Legacy of Andrew Jackson" in The Atlantic.
Directions: Please read the following excerpts from your textbook and Steve Inskeep's articles, "Donald Trump and the Legacy of Andrew Jackson" in The Atlantic.
There’s no shortage of parallels between the two populists—but there’s at least one crucial difference.

By Steve Inskeep from The Atlantic

Some images pulled from the New York Times' article, "Jackson and Trump: How Two Populist Presidents Compare" (Baker, 2017).
A portrait of Andrew Jackson in the Oval Office.

Credit: Al Drago/The New York Times
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While President Jackson has a lengthy military background, President Trmp never served in the armed forces, receiving five deferments from the draft during the Vietnam War, four for education and one for bone spurs in his heels.
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Political Patronage is the appointment or hiring of a person to a government position based on their political party loyalties.
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This article was written in 2016, so the author does not have the benefit of hindsight like we have in 2021.
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That's all due for Thursday, 11/14/2021. Any questions?

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Another chapter in the books! What do you think are the five most important key terms to recall from this reading?

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Finité. Any questions about the abridged Chapter 13?

The main purpose of the passage is to
assess the comparison between President Trump's victory in 2016 with President Jackson's in 1828.
compares President Trump's lifestyle to the typical American experience.
justify President Trump's victory in 2016 as an example of how the people beat the establishment.
argue that American is very much the same between 1828 and now.
As used in line 2 of the second paragraph, "rigged" most nearly means
equipped.
manipulated.
settled.
prepared.
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How does the Election of 2020 impact President Trump's legacy as a "Jacksonian man of the people"?

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How did the U.S. political system expand in the period after 1800?
There were no changes to the U.S. political system after 1800.
All white men could vote -- not just property owners.
All men could vote, regardless of race or color of skin.
All white people could vote, regardless of gender.
According to the second paragraph in this section, what do President Jackson and Trump have in common?
Both presidents listened wisely to their critics to make informed decisions.
Both candidates made formal campaign speeches when running for the presidency.
Both candidates did as they pleased, ignoring the pleas of their close advisors.
Both presidents know how to use the media to their political advantage.
The author references the phrase "drain the swamp" to emphasize what he sees as
aptitude since both administrations were able to hire highly capable people to write their speeches.
hypocrisy since both presidents claimed to represent the working man when they actually hired people based on loyalty.
a conflict of interest since President Jackson continued managing his own business even though he was in political office.
ingenuity as both presidents were able to deflect and use the phrase against their political rivals.
According to the author, the major difference between Jackson and Trump's victory is that
while Jackson used conspiracy theories to explain away his loss in 1824, Trump gracefully accepted his political losses.
Trump received more votes than any Republican candidate in history, including Jackson and Bush.
Jackson actually brought new voters to politics whereas Trump actively tried to keep certain voters out of politics.
Trump actually won the popular vote, unlike Jackson or Clinton.
The passage indicates that the two issues in the 1820s and 1830s that greatly raised the political stakes were
the end of property qualifications for voting and political conventions.
hard money and banking regulatuib,
slavery and economic distress.
westward expansion and Native American removal.
The passage suggests that Andrew Jackson's inauguration symbolized the
dignity and decorum with which he would run the White House.
the rise of the common people.
aloofness with which Jackson treated his supporters.
return of Jeffersonian simplicity.
The purpose behind the spoils system was to
turn politics from an amateur to a professional pursuit.
prevent corruption from spoiling democratic systems.
reward political supporters with public office.
press those with experience into governmental service.
Andrew Jackson's administration supported the removal of Native Americans from the eastern
states because
Native Americans were waging warfare on white settlements.
Native Americans were assimilating too easily into white society.
he wanted to open Indian lands to white settlement.
the Supreme Court ruled that Native Americans could not be American citizens.
In an effort to accommodate their culture to white American society, the Cherokees took all of
these steps EXCEPT
support antislavery reform.
promote education and schools.
develop a written legal code and constitution.
develop a Cherokee writing system.
According to the table, the essential policy of the Jackson administration towards Native Americans was
a process of gradual assimilation.
the forced removal to the West.
delegating mangement to the churches.
the establishment of a reservation system.
Americans who moved to Texas defied which aspect of their agreement with Mexico?
That they do not bring slaves into Mexico.
That they arrive as families.
That they denounce Spain.
That they abstain from alcohol.
The initial attempt to bring Texas into the Union was thwarted by
Mexicans who threatened a new war if Texas became part of the United States.
many Texans' determination to maintain an independent republic.
northern antislavery forces.
the "Texican" refusal to accept Anglo-American culture and language.